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(satellite adjective) not clearly understood or expressed; "an indeterminate turn of phrase"; "an impulse to go off and fight certain obscure battles of his own spirit"-Anatole Broyard; "their descriptions of human behavior become vague, dull, and unclear"- P.A.Sorokin; "vague...forms of speech...have so long passed for mysteries of science"- John Locke |
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Synonyms: obscure, vague |
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(satellite adjective) not leading to a definite ending or result; "an indeterminate campaign" |
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(satellite adjective) not capable of being determined; "an indeterminate number of plant species in the jungle" |
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(adjective) not precisely determined or established; not fixed or known in advance; "of indeterminate age"; "a zillion is a large indeterminate number"; "an indeterminate point of law"; "the influence of environment is indeterminate"; "an indeterminate future" |
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Synonyms: undetermined |
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Antonyms: determinate |
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(adjective) (botany) having a capacity for continuing to grow at the apex; "an indeterminate stem" |
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Antonyms: determinate |
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(satellite adjective) of uncertain or ambiguous nature; "the equivocal (or indeterminate) objects painted by surrealists" |
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